Bibcode
DOI
Alonso, R.; Brown, Timothy M.; Torres, Guillermo; Latham, David W.; Sozzetti, Alessandro; Mandushev, Georgi; Belmonte, J. A.; Charbonneau, David; Deeg, H. J.; Dunham, Edward W.; O'Donovan, Francis T.; Stefanik, Robert P.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 613, Issue 2, pp. L153-L156.
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2004
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387
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Description
We report the detection of a transiting Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a
relatively bright (V=11.79) K0 V star. We detected the transit
light-curve signature in the course of the TrES multisite transiting
planet survey and confirmed the planetary nature of the companion via
multicolor photometry and precise radial velocity measurements. We
designate the planet TrES-1 its inferred mass is
(0.75+/-0.07)MJup, its radius is
1.08+0.18-0.04RJup, and its orbital
period is 3.030065+/-0.000008 days. This planet has an orbital period
similar to that of HD 209458b but about twice as long as those of the
OGLE transiting planets. Its mass is indistinguishable from that of HD
209458b, but its radius is significantly smaller and fits the
theoretical models without the need for an additional source of heat
deep in the atmosphere, as has been invoked by some investigators for HD
209458b.